193. Life doesn’t always give us what we want. Now what?
A neighbor stopped me in the hallway and asked if I had any advice she could pass on to her daughter. It seems her daughter … Read More
14. A rewarding habit to acquire.
Yesterday morning shortly after I arrived at the office, the phone rang. It was Harriet. She was calling to say “Thank you.” I don’t know … Read More
192. Being right is not all it’s cracked up to be.
A few years ago while watching TV, I decided to flip to the comedy channel. And there I found a comic doing what comedians are … Read More
13. Preparation: Don’t leave home without it!
You have been waiting for this moment for months. It’s the two person play everyone’s been talking about. You take your seat in the theater. … Read More
191. It doesn’t have to be like this.
In my company we conduct a fair number of exit interviews. This provides us the opportunity of talking with people who have recently quit their … Read More
12. Do you measure up?
For the past couple of weeks we have been talking about acquiring the habit of measurement. We discussed the importance of measuring progress and eliciting … Read More
190. Winning the Prize is everything.
Today I would like to revisit a topic that we have discussed several times over the past few years – the topic of goal setting. … Read More
11. Measuring pizza is easy as pie.
I received an interesting phone call last week from a man I have never met before. He called to comment on last week’s blog on … Read More
189. The joy of getting fired.
My week got off to a great start. First thing Monday morning I was fired. My first appointment on Monday morning was with a rheumatologist … Read More
10. By any measure, this is a smart thing to do.
It has long been said by the uninformed that practice makes perfect. The well-intentioned but erroneous thought behind that statement is that if we practice … Read More